Luxembourg Passes Law on Nuclear Liability
In July 2020, Luxembourg eventually adopted a statute on Civil Liability for Harm related to a Nuclear Accident. The statuteContinue Reading
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In July 2020, Luxembourg eventually adopted a statute on Civil Liability for Harm related to a Nuclear Accident. The statuteContinue Reading
In February 2019, Michael G. Faure (Maastricht University and Erasmus Law School Rotterdam) and Kévine Kindji (Maastricht University) presented toContinue Reading
Pursuant to Protocol No 22 to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EuropeanContinue Reading
Marilyn Freeman (University of Westminster, London) has written an in-depth analysis on the Child Perspective in the Context of theContinue Reading
2021 will be a milestone for the International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS). Driven by a powerful internationalisation movement, the newContinue Reading
The EU has developed a common judicial area where judgments given in one EU Member State are recognised and canContinue Reading
In December 2020, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC), which brings together the commercial courts of several countriesContinue Reading
Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers andContinue Reading
In December 2019 the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) convened experts and stakeholders from around the world toContinue Reading
The author of this post is Michiel Poesen, PhD candidate at KU Leuven. This post tells a short story aboutContinue Reading
December 2020 will be quiet at the Court (regarding private international law cases). The judgment in C-774/19 Personal Exchange InternationalContinue Reading
On 2 December 2020, following a lengthy procedure, the Recast Service Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of 25 November 2020 on the serviceContinue Reading
Following a lecture delivered in September 2020 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law in Hamburg,Continue Reading
The European Order for Payment (EOP, Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006), the European Small Claims Procedure (ESCP, Regulation (EC) No 861/2007)Continue Reading
On 16 November 2020, the JURI Committee of the European Parliament will vote on the draft recommendations for second readingContinue Reading
Complaints about the inefficiency of enforcement mechanisms at national and transnational level are not new. The insufficiency of existing national andContinue Reading
On few occasions Polish tax authorities made references to the EU Succession Regulation and applied foreign law designated by itsContinue Reading
Haris Meidanis’ new article on international mediation has just appeared at the current issue (2020/2) of the Journal of PrivateContinue Reading
The Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) has selected a team to prepare a draft UniformContinue Reading
This post has been written by Vincent Richard, Senior Research Fellow at the MPI Luxembourg, Department of European and ComparativeContinue Reading
In the context of the 2020 Annual Conference of the European Law Institute, the feasibility study on EU Conflict ofContinue Reading
It is widely known that disputes related to sports are most of the times referred to arbitration. Football is ofContinue Reading
On 10 August 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on Regulation 805/2004 creating a European Enforcement Order forContinue Reading
On 16 July 2020, the Government of Portugal decided to start the process whereby Portugal will, in due course, becomeContinue Reading
On 21 July 2020 the Unidroit Secretariat released a Note on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and theContinue Reading
On 14 July 2020, Austria ratified the 1965 Hague Service Convention. The Convention is set to enter into force for AustriaContinue Reading
On 7 July 2020, the Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs will vote on the provisional agreement resulting fromContinue Reading
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached on 30 June 2020 a provisionalContinue Reading
On 22 June 2020, Parliament and Council negotiators reached a deal on the first EU-wide rules on collective redress. TheContinue Reading
On 26 May 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on cross-border investment within the EU. Why this initiative? First,Continue Reading
Bertrand Copigneaux, Nikita Vlasov and Emarildo Bani of IDATE DigiWorld, Nikolay Tcholtchev and Philipp Lämmel of Fraunhofer Institute for OpenContinue Reading
At its fifty-second session, in 2019, UNCITRAL considered a proposal from the European Union on applicable law in insolvency proceedingsContinue Reading
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and following a video message of the Secretary General, the Permanent Bureau (PB) ofContinue Reading
The latest edition of the Brussels Agenda, published by the Joint Brussels Office of the Law Societies, features three interestingContinue Reading
The author of this post is Caterina Benini, a PhD student at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart inContinue Reading
Brexit and its legal consequences was the topic of an earlier post in this blog, suggesting the United Kingdom should joinContinue Reading
Confinement has severely curtailed our freedom of movement, but it has certainly not put an end to disagrements and disputes.Continue Reading
On 21 March 2020 the Fellows of the European Law Institute (ELI) have approved a Report on the Protection of AdultsContinue Reading
In May 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending the 2001 Evidence Regulation. The name ofContinue Reading
The author of this post is Giovanni Chiapponi, research fellow at the MPI Luxembourg. The post is based on a presentationContinue Reading
On 14 of February 2020 a new law undermining the independence of judiciary in Poland (a so-called “muzzle law“) entered intoContinue Reading
Following the adoption of the Judgments Convention, on 2 July 2019, the Hague Conference on Private International Law has resumedContinue Reading
On 29 November 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted a general approach regarding the recast of Regulation 1393/2007 on theContinue Reading
On 10 February 2020, the European Commission announced its intention to open a process of consultation to get feedback fromContinue Reading
The author of this post is François Mailhé (University of Picardy – Jules Verne). “Nul n’a de droit à l’enfant”, that is, noContinue Reading
AMICABLE, a project co-funded by the European Commission, aims to create Best Practice Tools assisting with the enforceability of mediated agreements in the EU,Continue Reading
The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law has published a new volume of The Judges’ Newsletter, a biannualContinue Reading
According to a press release published on 9 January 2020, the MEPs can soon start negotiating the final shape thatContinue Reading
The European Group of Private International Law (EGPIL-GEDIP) has published the minutes (in French) of its 2019 Meeting in Katowice.Continue Reading
Background On 11 April 2018, the Commission published a proposal for a new Directive on representative actions for the protectionContinue Reading
On 28 November 2019 the European Added Value Unit published a study accompanying the European Parliament’s legislative own-initiative report on Common minimum standardsContinue Reading
Udo Bux (Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament) has written an In Depth AnalysisContinue Reading